Friday, January 11, 2013

Second Batch of Friday's Free Books 1-11-2013

These books are free at the time of posting. Amazon.com changes their prices all the time so before you click on the download button, make sure the price for the Kindle Edition (not the Prime Members cost) is $0.00 or £0.00. Now on to the books . . .

Introducing fiction’s first and finest lactation consultant wannabe, Thea Gallas.
Thea’s become the go-to person for all the new mothers in her up-and-coming Boston neighborhood. If there’s a problem at the breast Thea Gallas can fix it. But when her creepy neighbor, Roy Groody, asks her to help him find a doctor for his rapidly deteriorating health and then goes missing, Thea cuts her teeth on her first real mystery.

Roy’s wife Dolores claims Roy left her, which satisfies the authorities. Case closed. But as Thea becomes aware of strange and troubling goings-on in the Groody household, she is soon convinced that Dolores is holding Roy captive in their home. Or worse.
Dolores has done something terrible to Roy, Thea is certain. It’s on Thea to see her amateur investigation through to its bitter end, even if it means risking all to enter the Groody home and look for Roy herself.

Death at Brier Hospital is routine and provides the perfect opportunity to murder and get away with it. Jacob Weizman, a physician, and his wife, Lola, a psychotherapist, are holocaust survivors and need no proof of evil in this world. Jacob and Lola are unique protagonists. They’re octogenarians who take the fear out of getting old. Their intelligence, competence, humor, and sense of history make them appealing in a world that too often disdains the aged. After fifty-five years practicing medicine, Jacob is disappointed, but not surprised by several patients’ deaths, even the unexpected ones. Soon, however, it becomes clear that a killer is stalking the halls of Brier Hospital targeting Jacob’s patients. While Jacob has made enemies over the years, he finds it inconceivable that anyone would murder his patients for revenge. The killings mount even as the hospital and police increase security and pursue a vigorous investigation. Finally, unsatisfied with surrogates, the killer targets Jacob.

Women of the Way is an inspirational historical novel that recounts the stories of three women in first-century Palestine that find their lives transformed when they meet an enigmatic, itinerant rabbi from Nazareth named Yeshua.

Miriam is a widow of independent means, defamed as a harlot and shunned by the villagers of Magdala precisely because of her independence. Joanna is a patrician woman and wife of Chuza, King Herod’s chief steward, who finds herself subjected to the unwanted advances of Philip, Herod’s nephew. Hannah, the Homeless One, is a young orphan roaming from village to village, barely able to keep herself alive.

The words and deeds of Yeshua draw the women to him. But Palestine is a volatile land where Roman rule and Jewish nationalism are on a collision course. Women are not treated as equals to men—despite Yeshua’s egalitarian views; feminism is centuries away. As Yeshua’s popularity increases, so do the numbers of his enemies and the women find themselves in mortal danger as they spread the teachings of the Way.

Drawn from Bible stories, Women of the Way blends adventure with spirituality, and history with religion to create a thought-provoking and moving book.

A thousand years ago, a dying race of Immortals left behind an enduring legacy: the Ascendants, mortal men and women capable of binding hundreds or even thousands of others to their will. Together these “Bound” and their magic form the foundation of nearly every society in the world.

But everything is about to change. A few rare mortals possess the ability to channel magic without an Ascendant bond, and these “Unbound” renegades finally have a leader: a gifted young sorceress bent on freeing those who share her power…no matter the cost.

ASCENDANCY is first book in the Godswar series, a new dark fantasy epic of magic, politics, and war where the heroes come face-to-face with history’s oldest foe: the truth.